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Background: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) stands at 12.5% in Uganda among the retreatment TB cases. In an effort to accelerate the WHO-recommended MDR-TB diagnosis and surveillance, the Uganda NTLP in 2008 ...

Background: Commensal microbiota residing in or on the human body play key roles in maintaining health and immunity. The abundance and dynamics of these microbial communities when disrupted can result in dysbiosis and the ...

With more than 30 years of the HIV-1 epidemic, development of an effective vaccine has faced several challenges including but not limited to determining the perfect animal model to predict the effectiveness of an HIV-1 ...

Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) was one of the strategies set by the World Health Organization (2012), to eliminate helminths, reduce helminth-associated morbidity and mortality. Following MDA implementation, a ...

Background:Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health concern contributing to increased morbidity and mortality particularly in low income countries where infection control is often inadequate. Multidrug-resistant ...

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Signage is a way of creating knowledge or awareness of where one is going prior to arrival. Signs are used in various environments such as large facilities, schools, roads etc. Before the existence of language, ...

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) causes tuberculosis (TB), the leading cause of death from a single pathogen. The success of this microbe has been linked to its subversive effects on host immunity. Indeed, ...

Background: To date efforts are still being made to develop an efficacious and safe vaccine to stop the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Long term non-progressors (LTNPs); who harbour the virus but clinically show ...

Background:
Wilms’ tumour is one of the common solid tumours of childhood with an incidence of
approximately 1 in 10,000 children. It is highly responsive to chemotherapy and carries overall good prognosis. However, 10 ...

Background:
Virtual Patient is an ―interactive computer simulation of real-life clinical scenarios for the purpose of medical training, education, or assessment‖. The technology has been used since 1971when the first ...

Background/Introduction:
Approximately 60% to 70% of women experience some degree of breast pain at some stage of their lives. In Mulago Hospital, a cross sectional study conducted in 2005 on patients attending the breast ...

Introduction:
Dry eye syndrome is a disease of tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of ocular discomfort and visual disturbance with potential to damage to the ocular surface. There is limited published ...

Introduction: World over, there are antiretroviral therapy naïve individuals infected with HIV who maintain their CD4+T cell count above 500 cells/μl over 7-10 years (termed as Long Term Non-progressors, LTNP). A subset ...

Background: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in peri-urban areas of Kampala and Uganda in general. To date there is inconclusive information about strain diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the non ...

Cyclophosphamide is one of the most widely used anticancer drugs. It forms part of various combinations used in treating a range of solid and hematologic tumours in both children and adults in Uganda. It is part of the ...